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Pedro Lucas, left, nephew of farm worker Sebastian Francisco Perez who died while working in an extreme heat wave, breaks up earth near St. Paul, Oregon, July 1, 2021. Credit:
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Farmwork is hard work. It doesn t stop, even in extreme heat. Many farmworkers across North America are dealing with unbearable temperatures this summer.
In the US, many of the people who work in the fields, growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables, are immigrants. Only a handful of states have any labor standards specifically to deal with extreme heat, and workers are often reluctant to advocate for their rights, for fear of jeopardizing their jobs or getting deported.
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